Crono: The Dark King
A small wind began to blow, as all lights were turned off. A small chanting could be heard, getting louder and louder with every step, causing the walls to tremble. The darkness seemed to have swallowed up, as not even their own hands could be seen before them, but the five heroes continued. Every step they took illuminated a small blue candle to their sides, leading up, deep into the darkness.
"Neuga… Zienna… Zieber… Zom…" a voice pierced through the air.
"What…was that…?" asked the blonde haired princess, with her cross bow held tightly in her hand.
"Tis… can only be…"
They continued to walk farther and farther down, following the path of the blue flames. Every flame seemed to be dancing to the same dark rhythm in the air, but with an iron will, they continued.
"Now… the chosen time has come…" said the voice, only louder and angrier.
At the end of those words, a strong wind came from deep within the darkness, pushing the five heroes back. The spiky, red haired swordsman, the cloaked knight, the purple haired genius, the blonde princess, the monolithic robot, these five pushed against the wind and continued down their patch.
"I… I can't fight it anymore… Crono…." Said the Princess, as the wind lifted her from her feet, and knocked her back.
"PRINCESS NADIA!" yelled the purple haired girl, Lucca, wearing her helmet, and her face framed with her over sized glasses, as she extended her hand and grabbed onto the Princess's hand.
"Nadia… I can't… hold on…" strained Lucca as she attempted to grab on as tight as she could.
"Hey Crono… get this guy… please…" whispered Nadia, as both her and Lucca were blown back, and swallowed up by the darkness.
"LUCCA! NADIA!" beeped out the giant robot, as he began stampeding back to aid them.
"No!" cried out the cloaked knight. "Robo, don't be a fool! There be'th nothing more that can be done for them!"
"Glenn… I can not let them die like this. My sensors indicate they are still alive. I will find them. Good luck Glenn and Crono!"
With that said, he stampeded back down towards the path in search of their friends.
"Tis now or never sir Crono…" said the knight. "I never meant to drag any of thee into this… I thank you…"
The cloaked knight stood before the spiky haired boy, known as 'Crono.' Crono smirked slightly, letting the knight know he will be here for him till the very end, since the last remaining hope, the last gleam of light, the fate of the world depended on these two. As they went forward, the silenced whispers began getting faster, chanting the same incantation over and over.
"EXCHANGE THIS WORLD FOR…..!"
The candles on the walls flickered on, as Crono and the cloaked knight stood still. The blue flames started creating the path before them, then split into two different directions, and connected towards the end, leading to a large circle. All candles were turned on with an eerie blue light, as a warlocks silhouette could be seen in the center of the circle before them. He stood there with his arms extended to his sides, as if being crucified, as he slowly whispered his spell. His blue hair and purple cape moved with the rhythm of the wind, as the wind died down, and he lowered his arms.
"So… who is it that wishes to die… here in my castle…"
Slowly, he turned, exposing his pale white face and cold, green eyes. His cape fell over, behind his shoulders, as his warlock robes were shown. He smiled evilly, as he rolled his eyes at Crono, and then slowly drifted them to the knight's direction.
"That foul stench…" he said as he inhaled deeply. "I've smelled it before…"
"I hath returned, Magus…" said the cloaked knight, as he pulled his hood from over his head, exposing his green skin, and round yellow eyes on his head.
"WHAT!?!? It… It's that stupid frog!.." responded the warlock in anger, but as he looked upon his face, he saw nothing but a frog, and smiled. "Kissed any princess's lately?"
"I rather enjoy this form… and I owe'th it all to you…" said the frog, as he pulled out a sword from his sword holder, which was attached to his side, and held it in front of him. "I have something for you…"
"That… that sword…" responded Magus, as he looked upon the sword, the legendary Masamune. "So you believed Cyrus's last words and sought after that stupid sword…"
"Tis the last thing I could have done for Cyrus…" he responded. "I will slay thee with the sword that you killed Cyrus for!"
"So I killed Cyrus. So what?! I have killed many others. What makes him so special?! I let YOU live, frog boy! You're a fool if you can't see that, Glenn!"
"FOUL LIES, WARLOCK!" responded frog, at the sound of that name. "You killed Cyrus AND Glenn that day! Thou can'st deny'eth that! I am here to avenge them… their hate… their anger… along with the power of the Masamune…"
"Do you actually think you are capable of using that sword's full potential!?"
"My… MINE NAME IS FROG! Cyrus's hopes and dreams… and now, the Masamune… for with, I shall slay thee and restore honor to the deaths of Glenn and Cyrus!"
"Ok…" said Magus, as he took out his scythe.
They both stood there from afar looking at each other, as Crono stood to the side of Frog, watching and feeling this hate before his very own eyes. Magus's and Frog's cape lifted, as a slight gust of wind blew by them.
"A dark wind begins to howl…" whispered Magus to himself. "Now give me your BEST shot…"
Gripping his scythe tightly, he disappeared, and appeared in the air, falling down, in the direction of Frog.
"IF YOU'RE PREPARED FOR THE VOID!!"
"Crono…" said Frog, as he grabbed the Masamune tightly. "If thou wish to head back, now is the time. There be no need to endanger yourself here. This be'th my fight…"
Crono shook his head, and took out his katana. He would stay with Frog till the very end, for they were friends. They both nodded, as they quickly leaped into the air and slashed Magus in the air in an X-Pattern attack. They both landed on the ground, and as they turned back, they saw Magus surrounding himself in a green barrier.
"Art thou such a coward that you hide behind your Magic!?!"
Magus floated down and landed just a few feet away from them, with a smile on his face.
"I was planning on finishing you off like I did Cyrus…" he said.
Without warning, he disappeared and reappeared in front of Frog and jabbed him in the stomach with the wooden end of his scythe.
"But if you wish to suffer…"
As Frog stood, holding his stomach and gasping for air, Magus swung his scythe and caused a large wound on his right arm, then spinning his scythe, and hitting Frog's head with the wooden handle, causing him to fall over. Crono, from behind, leaped into the air and brought down his katana straight at Magus's head. Without turning around, Magus put his scythe behind him, and parried the katana and quickly spun counter clock wise, sending his cape into the air. Crono, after being hit in the face with his cape threw him off his aim, and was kicked in the stomach. Biting through the pain, he lifted himself up, and felt a direct blow to his jaw, which was dealt by the wooden end of Magus's scythe. As Crono fell back, he pushed himself forward to not fall, and stood there, in pain and unable to move. Magus gave another of his grins, and held his scythe tightly. He began to spin, and extended his scythe, causing a straight cut through both of Crono's knees. Standing a bit higher, he continued to spin and extended his scythe once more, causing another cut, only to his stomach and wrists. Just standing a little bit higher, spun again and cut Crono's chest. And now fully standing, he spun and extended his scythe, for the last blow was aimed for his neck. He spun and the scythe connected with a sword. The scythe was pushed away, as Magus was swept to the floor. Magus looked up and saw the edge of the Masamune in front of his eyes, as the wounded amphibian knight stood before him.
"Lower thine guard… and thou'rt letting the enemy in…"
"The honorable knight, eh Frog?" responded Magus as slowly, he lifted himself to the ground, with the Masamune still in front of him, ready to strike him down when Frog decides to. "Tell me something Frog… why do you shield yourself in this façade? You pride your self, and let everyone else know of the honorable knight you are… but it's all lies, isn't it!?!"
"SILENCE! What know'st you about honor!? Hell's flames… even Lucifer HIMSELF possess a type of honor!"
"And what makes you any different from me!? I am proud of who I am! Live with it Frog! You may have sworn your allegiance to the King and Guardia kingdom… bu that doesn't change the fact about your love for the Queen!"
".....!"
"Cyrus knew… about your infatuation with the Queen… Since both of you were young, you had fallen in love with her. THAT is why you never became a knight! Because you would HAVE to swear your entire life to the man that took her from you!
"How dare… thou speak'eth with such a foul tongue!"
"Is it not true, Frog!?! You KNOW she loved you too, and she even told you… but Cyrus held you back!"
"My… mine allegiance is both to the King and Queen… on behalf of them… I will avenge Cyrus and all who helped in his death… Flea is slain… Slash is slain… Ozzie is slain… now now, thou art on your own!!"
Frog raised the Masamune, as he was ready to strike down Magus with it.
"If that is the case, then kill your fellow Guardia Knights as well!"
He stopped and lowered the Masamune to his side, as he heard those words from out of Magus's mouth.
"What, you think I KNEW that you and Cyrus would be heading to Denadoro mountain!?'
"W…what…?"
"The knights were JEALOUS, Frog. Cyrus was hogging all the credit. Many of the soldiers died in a lot of battles, and Cyrus was the only one who got recognition. Your own people gave us your location. We were ORDERED to kill Cyrus… you… were nothing but a bonus!!!"
A smile was put upon Magus's face, as it turned into a laugh, while Frog stood there, with an anger burning inside of him.
"LIES! ALL LIES!!"
"Lies, Frog? Are you sure?! Have you visited Cyrus's grave!? Do you not know what it says!?!"
"Here... lies Cyrus… the… the…"
"The fool who challenged Magus!! And who were in charge of setting up the tomb!? YOUR OWN PEOPLE!!"
Shutting his eyes slowly, Frog dropped the Masamune and fell to his knees, as he put his webbed hands over his head, trying to hold back all of his anger and all of his sadness. He lifted the Masamune with his right hand, as he slowly got up to his feet and looked at Magus.
"Be that… as it may… tis you who killed them… tis you who took Cyrus's life… and TIS YOU WHO MADE ME LIKE THIS!!!"
He swung the Masamune at Magus, but Magus had stopped it with his Scythe. Both weapons were pushing upon each other, in a display of nothing but sheer strength. Magus and Frog locked eyes and started at each other, with nothing but hate in them. This was their destiny, their fate. The castle started to shake, with black sparks forming everywhere in the room.
"No! NO! Don't wake up on me now!!"
"What lies do you speak of now!? Tis you who created this fiend!"
"You fool! I only SUMMONED him!"
A black whole formed from where Magus was making his incantation and started sucking everyone in. Both Frog and Magus disappeared from Magus's castle, as everything turned black. Frog opened his eyes and was somewhere else, somewhere different. Everything was blue, the heavens, the ground, everything. He slowly looked ahead of him and saw this large monster, with spikes all over his body. Frog was before the devil known as Lavos. Slowly he rose to the ground and saw Magus in the distance, on the ground and unconscious. As he turned back, he saw Crono there, still wounded. Slowly, he was bleeding from his knees, wrists, and chest, and after a short while, he would be dead.
"We… we were too late…" whispered Frog.
"GLENN! CRONO!" said a robotic voice.
Frog turned in the other direction and saw Robo standing with Marle and Lucca.
"That… that's Lavos…?" whispered Lucca as she couldn't keep her eyes off of him.
"CRONO!!!" cried out Marle as she ran to Crono's side, not caring about anything else. She kneeled down next to him and saw all of his wounds. "Frog… what happened to him… what happened to Crono…!?"
"We have much more important things to worry about…..!" said Magus as he stood before everyone. "He paid the price… you play with fire, you get burned."
"How dare'st thou speak of him that way!"
"Swallow it Glenn, just this once. If we don't do something about Lavos, we will ALL die."
"…He's right…" said Marle, as she stood up and looked at Lavos.
"We have to fight together on this… looks like we will have to cooperate with Magus…" said Lucca.
"Fine… but Magus… this changes NOTHING between us!"
"Fine by me…"
"For the world. For the the future. For the fate of time itself…" said Robo.
Readying their weapons, the five stood tall in front of Lavos. Magus, Frog, Lucca, Marle, and Robo jumped up at him and struck him hard, as he let out a sharp bellow.
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A small wind began to blow, as all lights were turned off. A small chanting could be heard, getting louder and louder with every step, causing the walls to tremble. The darkness seemed to have swallowed up, as not even their own hands could be seen before them, but the five heroes continued. Every step they took illuminated a small blue candle to their sides, leading up, deep into the darkness.
"Neuga… Zienna… Zieber… Zom…" a voice pierced through the air.
"What…was that…?" asked the blonde haired princess, with her cross bow held tightly in her hand.
"Tis… can only be…"
They continued to walk farther and farther down, following the path of the blue flames. Every flame seemed to be dancing to the same dark rhythm in the air, but with an iron will, they continued.
"Now… the chosen time has come…" said the voice, only louder and angrier.
At the end of those words, a strong wind came from deep within the darkness, pushing the five heroes back. The spiky, red haired swordsman, the cloaked knight, the purple haired genius, the blonde princess, the monolithic robot, these five pushed against the wind and continued down their patch.
"I… I can't fight it anymore… Crono…." Said the Princess, as the wind lifted her from her feet, and knocked her back.
"PRINCESS NADIA!" yelled the purple haired girl, Lucca, wearing her helmet, and her face framed with her over sized glasses, as she extended her hand and grabbed onto the Princess's hand.
"Nadia… I can't… hold on…" strained Lucca as she attempted to grab on as tight as she could.
"Hey Crono… get this guy… please…" whispered Nadia, as both her and Lucca were blown back, and swallowed up by the darkness.
"LUCCA! NADIA!" beeped out the giant robot, as he began stampeding back to aid them.
"No!" cried out the cloaked knight. "Robo, don't be a fool! There be'th nothing more that can be done for them!"
"Glenn… I can not let them die like this. My sensors indicate they are still alive. I will find them. Good luck Glenn and Crono!"
With that said, he stampeded back down towards the path in search of their friends.
"Tis now or never sir Crono…" said the knight. "I never meant to drag any of thee into this… I thank you…"
The cloaked knight stood before the spiky haired boy, known as 'Crono.' Crono smirked slightly, letting the knight know he will be here for him till the very end, since the last remaining hope, the last gleam of light, the fate of the world depended on these two. As they went forward, the silenced whispers began getting faster, chanting the same incantation over and over.
"EXCHANGE THIS WORLD FOR…..!"
The candles on the walls flickered on, as Crono and the cloaked knight stood still. The blue flames started creating the path before them, then split into two different directions, and connected towards the end, leading to a large circle. All candles were turned on with an eerie blue light, as a warlocks silhouette could be seen in the center of the circle before them. He stood there with his arms extended to his sides, as if being crucified, as he slowly whispered his spell. His blue hair and purple cape moved with the rhythm of the wind, as the wind died down, and he lowered his arms.
"So… who is it that wishes to die… here in my castle…"
Slowly, he turned, exposing his pale white face and cold, green eyes. His cape fell over, behind his shoulders, as his warlock robes were shown. He smiled evilly, as he rolled his eyes at Crono, and then slowly drifted them to the knight's direction.
"That foul stench…" he said as he inhaled deeply. "I've smelled it before…"
"I hath returned, Magus…" said the cloaked knight, as he pulled his hood from over his head, exposing his green skin, and round yellow eyes on his head.
"WHAT!?!? It… It's that stupid frog!.." responded the warlock in anger, but as he looked upon his face, he saw nothing but a frog, and smiled. "Kissed any princess's lately?"
"I rather enjoy this form… and I owe'th it all to you…" said the frog, as he pulled out a sword from his sword holder, which was attached to his side, and held it in front of him. "I have something for you…"
"That… that sword…" responded Magus, as he looked upon the sword, the legendary Masamune. "So you believed Cyrus's last words and sought after that stupid sword…"
"Tis the last thing I could have done for Cyrus…" he responded. "I will slay thee with the sword that you killed Cyrus for!"
"So I killed Cyrus. So what?! I have killed many others. What makes him so special?! I let YOU live, frog boy! You're a fool if you can't see that, Glenn!"
"FOUL LIES, WARLOCK!" responded frog, at the sound of that name. "You killed Cyrus AND Glenn that day! Thou can'st deny'eth that! I am here to avenge them… their hate… their anger… along with the power of the Masamune…"
"Do you actually think you are capable of using that sword's full potential!?"
"My… MINE NAME IS FROG! Cyrus's hopes and dreams… and now, the Masamune… for with, I shall slay thee and restore honor to the deaths of Glenn and Cyrus!"
"Ok…" said Magus, as he took out his scythe.
They both stood there from afar looking at each other, as Crono stood to the side of Frog, watching and feeling this hate before his very own eyes. Magus's and Frog's cape lifted, as a slight gust of wind blew by them.
"A dark wind begins to howl…" whispered Magus to himself. "Now give me your BEST shot…"
Gripping his scythe tightly, he disappeared, and appeared in the air, falling down, in the direction of Frog.
"IF YOU'RE PREPARED FOR THE VOID!!"
"Crono…" said Frog, as he grabbed the Masamune tightly. "If thou wish to head back, now is the time. There be no need to endanger yourself here. This be'th my fight…"
Crono shook his head, and took out his katana. He would stay with Frog till the very end, for they were friends. They both nodded, as they quickly leaped into the air and slashed Magus in the air in an X-Pattern attack. They both landed on the ground, and as they turned back, they saw Magus surrounding himself in a green barrier.
"Art thou such a coward that you hide behind your Magic!?!"
Magus floated down and landed just a few feet away from them, with a smile on his face.
"I was planning on finishing you off like I did Cyrus…" he said.
Without warning, he disappeared and reappeared in front of Frog and jabbed him in the stomach with the wooden end of his scythe.
"But if you wish to suffer…"
As Frog stood, holding his stomach and gasping for air, Magus swung his scythe and caused a large wound on his right arm, then spinning his scythe, and hitting Frog's head with the wooden handle, causing him to fall over. Crono, from behind, leaped into the air and brought down his katana straight at Magus's head. Without turning around, Magus put his scythe behind him, and parried the katana and quickly spun counter clock wise, sending his cape into the air. Crono, after being hit in the face with his cape threw him off his aim, and was kicked in the stomach. Biting through the pain, he lifted himself up, and felt a direct blow to his jaw, which was dealt by the wooden end of Magus's scythe. As Crono fell back, he pushed himself forward to not fall, and stood there, in pain and unable to move. Magus gave another of his grins, and held his scythe tightly. He began to spin, and extended his scythe, causing a straight cut through both of Crono's knees. Standing a bit higher, he continued to spin and extended his scythe once more, causing another cut, only to his stomach and wrists. Just standing a little bit higher, spun again and cut Crono's chest. And now fully standing, he spun and extended his scythe, for the last blow was aimed for his neck. He spun and the scythe connected with a sword. The scythe was pushed away, as Magus was swept to the floor. Magus looked up and saw the edge of the Masamune in front of his eyes, as the wounded amphibian knight stood before him.
"Lower thine guard… and thou'rt letting the enemy in…"
"The honorable knight, eh Frog?" responded Magus as slowly, he lifted himself to the ground, with the Masamune still in front of him, ready to strike him down when Frog decides to. "Tell me something Frog… why do you shield yourself in this façade? You pride your self, and let everyone else know of the honorable knight you are… but it's all lies, isn't it!?!"
"SILENCE! What know'st you about honor!? Hell's flames… even Lucifer HIMSELF possess a type of honor!"
"And what makes you any different from me!? I am proud of who I am! Live with it Frog! You may have sworn your allegiance to the King and Guardia kingdom… bu that doesn't change the fact about your love for the Queen!"
".....!"
"Cyrus knew… about your infatuation with the Queen… Since both of you were young, you had fallen in love with her. THAT is why you never became a knight! Because you would HAVE to swear your entire life to the man that took her from you!
"How dare… thou speak'eth with such a foul tongue!"
"Is it not true, Frog!?! You KNOW she loved you too, and she even told you… but Cyrus held you back!"
"My… mine allegiance is both to the King and Queen… on behalf of them… I will avenge Cyrus and all who helped in his death… Flea is slain… Slash is slain… Ozzie is slain… now now, thou art on your own!!"
Frog raised the Masamune, as he was ready to strike down Magus with it.
"If that is the case, then kill your fellow Guardia Knights as well!"
He stopped and lowered the Masamune to his side, as he heard those words from out of Magus's mouth.
"What, you think I KNEW that you and Cyrus would be heading to Denadoro mountain!?'
"W…what…?"
"The knights were JEALOUS, Frog. Cyrus was hogging all the credit. Many of the soldiers died in a lot of battles, and Cyrus was the only one who got recognition. Your own people gave us your location. We were ORDERED to kill Cyrus… you… were nothing but a bonus!!!"
A smile was put upon Magus's face, as it turned into a laugh, while Frog stood there, with an anger burning inside of him.
"LIES! ALL LIES!!"
"Lies, Frog? Are you sure?! Have you visited Cyrus's grave!? Do you not know what it says!?!"
"Here... lies Cyrus… the… the…"
"The fool who challenged Magus!! And who were in charge of setting up the tomb!? YOUR OWN PEOPLE!!"
Shutting his eyes slowly, Frog dropped the Masamune and fell to his knees, as he put his webbed hands over his head, trying to hold back all of his anger and all of his sadness. He lifted the Masamune with his right hand, as he slowly got up to his feet and looked at Magus.
"Be that… as it may… tis you who killed them… tis you who took Cyrus's life… and TIS YOU WHO MADE ME LIKE THIS!!!"
He swung the Masamune at Magus, but Magus had stopped it with his Scythe. Both weapons were pushing upon each other, in a display of nothing but sheer strength. Magus and Frog locked eyes and started at each other, with nothing but hate in them. This was their destiny, their fate. The castle started to shake, with black sparks forming everywhere in the room.
"No! NO! Don't wake up on me now!!"
"What lies do you speak of now!? Tis you who created this fiend!"
"You fool! I only SUMMONED him!"
A black whole formed from where Magus was making his incantation and started sucking everyone in. Both Frog and Magus disappeared from Magus's castle, as everything turned black. Frog opened his eyes and was somewhere else, somewhere different. Everything was blue, the heavens, the ground, everything. He slowly looked ahead of him and saw this large monster, with spikes all over his body. Frog was before the devil known as Lavos. Slowly he rose to the ground and saw Magus in the distance, on the ground and unconscious. As he turned back, he saw Crono there, still wounded. Slowly, he was bleeding from his knees, wrists, and chest, and after a short while, he would be dead.
"We… we were too late…" whispered Frog.
"GLENN! CRONO!" said a robotic voice.
Frog turned in the other direction and saw Robo standing with Marle and Lucca.
"That… that's Lavos…?" whispered Lucca as she couldn't keep her eyes off of him.
"CRONO!!!" cried out Marle as she ran to Crono's side, not caring about anything else. She kneeled down next to him and saw all of his wounds. "Frog… what happened to him… what happened to Crono…!?"
"We have much more important things to worry about…..!" said Magus as he stood before everyone. "He paid the price… you play with fire, you get burned."
"How dare'st thou speak of him that way!"
"Swallow it Glenn, just this once. If we don't do something about Lavos, we will ALL die."
"…He's right…" said Marle, as she stood up and looked at Lavos.
"We have to fight together on this… looks like we will have to cooperate with Magus…" said Lucca.
"Fine… but Magus… this changes NOTHING between us!"
"Fine by me…"
"For the world. For the the future. For the fate of time itself…" said Robo.
Readying their weapons, the five stood tall in front of Lavos. Magus, Frog, Lucca, Marle, and Robo jumped up at him and struck him hard, as he let out a sharp bellow.
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